The Swazilland Educational Research Association (SERA; now EERA) is a member of the then Southern region Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (BOLESWA) Educational Research Association, which existed since 1987. Meanwhile, the Namibian Educational Research Association (NERA) joined in 2003, changing the name BOLESWA to BOLESWANA. The South African Educational Research Association (SAERA) whose members used to attend the BOLESWANA biennial conference also became interested for their association to be a member. The SAERA application was endorsed in 2016 in the biennial conference in Botswana. Today, the regional network’s name is Southern Africa Educational Research Network (SAERN).

The BOLESWA Educational Research Association created its own Journal, the BOLESWA Educational Research Journal (BERJ) in 1988. The main source of financial support for its review and publications among others, is the International Development Research centre (IDRC) and the Educational Research Network in Eastern and Southern Africa (ERNESA), with which the BOLESWANA was a member. The works published were mostly from its members and aimed at capacity-building of young scholars as well as shadowing by accomplished scholars. The funding landscapes changed, and IDRC and ERNESA funding ceased to exist, and the regional association BOLESWANA had difficulty of sustaining BERJ. Meanwhile, from the late 90s to early 20s, the Namibian Educational Research Association (NERA) and the Botswana Educational Research Association (BERA) created their own publication outlet, the NERA Journal, and the MOSENODI International Journal of Educational Studies, respectively. Also, SERA initiated its own journal, the Swaziland Institute of Educational Research (SIER), but the University of Swaziland then mainstreamed the journals that are associated with the University and it ceased to exist. LERA depended much on the BERJ for its members’ publications.

In 2023, the membership of EERA proposed to have its own Journal (ESWERJ). The Journal was envisioned as an online periodical that will publish original educational research, analysis, and/or interpretation of educational subject matter, at least bi-annually, and will be issued by its professional association, the Eswatini Educational Research Association (EERA). The articles to be published are those considered credible sources of knowledge written by scholars from educational institutions. The articles will be peer-reviewed by a team of editorial committee, whose main responsibility is to review the submitted articles based on the published Guidelines of ESWERJ.